GOOGLE COFOUNDERS: Here's Why We Just Announced A Stock Split — Google just announced plans to create “a new class of non-voting capital stock,” which is “effectively a stock split.” This is the first stock split in Google's history, and cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin wrote a letter explaining their decision.

The Instagram Deal: A Mark Zuckerberg Production — Mark Zuckerberg, the 27-year-old chief executive and co-founder of Facebook, does not usually play the role of deal maker. — But the social network's $1 billion purchase of Instagram, the popular photo-sharing service, was a Mark Zuckerberg production.

Apple Releases Java Update to Remove Flashback Malware — Apple just released Java for OS X 2012-003, an update to the Java implementation in OS X. The update removes “the most common variants of the Flashback malware.” Interestingly the update disables the automatic execution of Java applets …

Expanding the Cloud - Introducing Amazon CloudSearch — Today Amazon Web Services is introducing Amazon CloudSearch, a new web service that brings the power of the Amazon.com's search technology to every developer. Amazon CloudSearch provides a fully-featured search engine that is easy to manage and scale.

Microsoft forms new subsidiary for open source, standards — Jean Paoli, president of the new Microsoft Open Technologies Inc. — Microsoft is taking the unusual step of forming a new subsidiary that will work with open-source projects, open-standards groups and interoperability initiatives.

First Intel Ivy Bridge launch expected on April 23 — Though the first announcement is just around the corner, rollouts from Apple, HP, Dell, Sony, Toshiba, and others are expected to be staggered Though the first announcement is just around the corner, rollouts from Apple, HP, Dell, Sony …

How Samsung beat Nokia … via Nokia lowers Devices & Services first quarter 2012 outlook and provides second quarter 2012 outlook » Nokia - Press. — We don't have the total number of Samsung shipments, however estimates exist. They range between 41 and 44 million smartphones and 44 and 47 million feature phones.

Is Facebook Making Us Lonely? — Social media—from Facebook to Twitter—have made us more densely networked than ever. Yet for all this connectivity, new research suggests that we have never been lonelier (or more narcissistic)—and that this loneliness is making us mentally and physically ill …

How to Fail: Mark Pincus — I'm sometimes called a serial entrepreneur, but that's only because, before Zynga (ZNGA), I failed to create a sustainable company. After starting two companies in the '90s, I had a social networking startup, Tribe.net, in 2003.

Apple Reveals New Whiz-Bang No-Code Content Authoring Tool — On April 12, 2012, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals a new electronic content authoring tool in the works that's configured to optimize authored content for one or more intended devices.

Tumblr Tests New Tools for Users and Brands — Can the Company Be a Business Without Traditional Advertising? Founder David Karp Explains — This may be Instagram's week, but it has been Tumblr's year. On Wednesday, the social platform announced a partnership with Spotify.

A Boeing phone: Aerospace giant making Android device — Boeing is jumping into the smartphone business, developing a new mobile device - but we probably won't be buying this one at our local wireless store. — The company is working on a secure communications device for the U.S. government defense …

Japanese ATMs to use palm readers in place of cash cards — A Japanese bank will introduce ATMs that use palm scanners in place of cash cards, it said Wednesday. Design students craft safer ATMs Ogaki Kyoristu Bank said the new machines will allow customers to withdraw or deposit cash …